This is an analysis of The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants by Emily Dickinson.

The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants -
At Evening, it is not…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbb XXXX XXXX XXXb aXbX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01000101 110001 11000101 011001 1001011 110101 01010101 110101 11000100 010101 11010100 110101 11100111 010100 0101010 010101 11010101 111110 1101010 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

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